#346011 - Wed Feb 07 2007 03:31 PM
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Prolific
Registered: Fri Aug 20 2004
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Loc: Omaha Nebraska USA
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This must be a regional thing, StuHG. Actually, it would be a welcome change to hear some teenager use that instead of what I so tire of hearing locally - words like random, sweet or gay.[ This last word, I was surprised to learn last year, means ridiculous or generally uncool.] Is that something one hears from teens in other places besides the southwest?
I've heard "gay" that way for many years. E.g., ten years ago, a supervisor bought a bunch of prizes for our employees from the dollar store. These included bottles for ketchup and mustard. Totally gay.
I'll admit to saying "sweet" a great deal myself. I've not detected an overuse of "random", though.
If "actually" is a regional thing, that region stretches from Rochester, NY to Omaha, NE  You ask a kid at the pizza place what toppings they have. They reply "Actually, we have mushooms, pepperoni...." You ask someone going to college what college they go to: "Actually, I go to UNO." It's bad.
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#346013 - Wed Feb 07 2007 03:52 PM
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Am I bothered?
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#346016 - Wed Feb 07 2007 04:44 PM
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Ooh, ooh if you asked my mother where something was she'd say Quote:
Hanging from my bottom lip!
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#346017 - Wed Feb 07 2007 05:11 PM
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Registered: Sat Feb 10 2001
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Loc: California USA
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Mom, what are we eating tonight?
FOOD....
This means, get out of here and let me think of what I'm making for dinner.
I use it and it was handed down from my own mom.
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#346018 - Wed Feb 07 2007 06:00 PM
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Registered: Mon Apr 22 2002
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The teenage use of random, sweet and gay gets on my nerves too - and I rather suspect that's the whole purpose of using them.
Also, the habit of adding -ster on the end of peoples' names and using "the" with it (as in the Mike-ster instead of just plain Mike).
As a mother, I am guilty of "we'll see", and "I'll give you something to cry about" etc. (That should be the basis of another thread - 'Things Mothers Say').
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#346019 - Wed Feb 07 2007 08:12 PM
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Loc: North Carolina USA
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The use of "like" in a sentence such as
"It's like so good".
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#346020 - Thu Feb 08 2007 01:36 AM
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Registered: Tue Jan 30 2007
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Loc: Gold Coast QLD Australia
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'absolutely!' is one of the words I hate, for instance, given as a reply to, "Did you enjoy the movie?", and not restricted to the younger generation either.
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#346021 - Thu Feb 08 2007 03:26 AM
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I hate "In my professional opinion". My SIL loves saying "In my personal professional opinion" and it drives me nuts! What does it mean???? Arghh!
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#346022 - Thu Feb 08 2007 12:09 PM
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Registered: Sat Feb 10 2001
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Loc: California USA
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I hate to say this but
No offense but
With all due respect...
All of those are perfectly good phrases I suppose, but you know very well that they'll be followed with something unpleasant.
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#346026 - Mon Feb 12 2007 06:29 AM
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Loc: Sydney, NSW, Australia
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To coin another annoying cliche, Shirl, "If no-one died, it can't be that bad"
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#346027 - Mon Feb 12 2007 07:32 AM
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Registered: Sat Jul 17 2004
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Loc: Essex UK
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"No offense but" is usually followed by something really offensive.
"Cheer up it may never happen" - yes, that's what I'm worried about.
My mum's reply to the what's for dinner question was always "bread and pullet" -I've never worked that one out.
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#346028 - Mon Feb 12 2007 07:38 AM
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... or "Wait and see Pie"... argh!!!
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#346029 - Mon Feb 12 2007 08:12 AM
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Registered: Fri Oct 22 1999
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Loc: New Westminster BC Canada
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My two favorites that I like and use are:
"Get Over It" and ''Slap(you,me, them,her, him)Upside the Head".
"Just wait till your father gets home" drove me nuts and "Because I said so"arghhhhhhhhh
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#346030 - Mon Feb 12 2007 08:52 AM
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Loc: Gauteng South Africa
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What about "Multi tasking"? That did the rounds here a few years back - drove me nuts!
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#346031 - Mon Feb 12 2007 10:52 AM
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Loc: Michigan USA
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"Talk to the hand"---they can put that one back where it came from. Simply put, a stupid phrase.
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#346032 - Mon Feb 12 2007 01:19 PM
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"You know?" and "You know what I mean?" jabbered out in almost every sentence. No, I don't know what they mean, nor am I likely to all the time they persist with such inane claptrap.
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#346033 - Mon Feb 12 2007 08:36 PM
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Registered: Tue Jan 30 2007
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Loc: Gold Coast QLD Australia
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Is this stupid saying only in Australia, or other countries as well......."At the end of the day", instead of using, "In the final analysis".
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#346034 - Mon Feb 12 2007 09:41 PM
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It's not just an Australian thing. I've heard my share of Brits say it too. Unfortunately, it's made its way into my vocabulary.
To go along with supersal's no offense but, I've noticed that anything following "I'm not prejudice but......" will most likely be the most prejudice thing I've ever heard. I cringe when I hear it because I know what's coming.
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#346035 - Tue Feb 13 2007 07:05 AM
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Loc: Sydney, NSW, Australia
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[quote My mum's reply to the what's for dinner question was always "bread and pullet" -I've never worked that one out.
You were lucky! When I was a kid, the reply was 'bread and spit'!
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